Historical Events
- Apr 16 The University of Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 7 William Ellery Channing, American Unitarian preacher and clergyman, born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1842)
- Apr 13 Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer (inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse), born in Dublin (d. 1868)
- Apr 29 Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), born in Besançon, France (d. 1844)
Famous Deaths
- Apr 21 Ferdinand Zellbell the younger, Swedish composer and co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, dies at 60
Assassination
Drug Overdose
Gunshot Wound
Murder
Plane Crash
Suicide